Despite saying in January that he would not resign if Brexit passed, David Cameron, has resigned following the passing of the so-called Brexit referendum.

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What happened?

I'm not going to spoon feed information to you. Plus, where are you living? Under a rock?

Ha ha, you're funny. Seriously though, what is Brexit, and what happened?

Read any of the articles.

Right but reading the articles is for the lazy. Tell me what happened.

Fine, only this once.

No.

Do you want me to tell you or not?

Fine.

Okay cool. On June 23, 2016, citizens of the United Kingdom voted on Brexit, a referendum that asked citizens whether they wanted to stay in the EU, the position held by David Cameron, or whether they wanted to leave the EU.

The vote totals were as follows (source, sorted by order on ballot):

Position	Vote Count	Vote %	Won?
Remain a member of the European Union	16,141,241	48.1%	No
Leave the European Union	17,410,742	51.9%	Yes
Rejected Ballots	26,033	<0.1%	N/A
Total	33,578,016	100%	N/A

The United Kingdom decided with a 52% to 48% majority to leave the European Union. David Cameron had then delivered a speech announcing his resignation. You can read the transcript here, but here is a part where he explains his opinion and his plans:

I was absolutely clear about my belief that Britain is stronger, safer and better off inside the European Union, and I made clear the referendum was about this and this alone — not the future of any single politician, including myself.

But the British people have made a very clear decision to take a different path, and as such I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.

I will do everything I can as prime minister to steady the ship over the coming weeks and months, but I do not think it would be right for me to try to be the captain that steers our country to its next destination.

This is not a decision I have taken lightly, but I do believe it is in the national interest to have a period of stability and then the new leadership required.

There is no need for a precise timetable today, but in my view we should aim to have a new prime minister in place by the start of the Conservative Party conference in October.

Okay, I didn't read all of that.

Fuck you too.

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